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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-06
CHAPTER XVII.

Meantime Millicent and Gerald Massa-
reene are standing in the warm sunshine
in one corner of the tennis ground. Miss
Grey, who had been playing, but has
now resigned her place and her racket to
another, is looking at her companion
with an expression half wistful, half mis-
chievous-perhaps wholly mutinous.
''Time is flying" says the young man
ardently. "Have you not come to de-
cision yet? 1t is almost the last hour.
After tomorrow there will be no grace
left. He returns then"
"Granit! Yes.'
"You must choose between me and
him. You know that, and still you hesi-
tate. When he returns it Will give him
IN advantage, because then he will again
have the world on his side-his very
presence gives him an extra chance. If
you could decide-if you could let me
speak before he comes"
~ don't see how his presence or alb
sence can influence the matter. There is
to me only one thing to be considered
whether or not we can live happily when
quite poor"
"It wouldn't be quite" interposes he
eagerly. "There would be the eight
hundred year."
''There would be-starvation!"
"If you choose to term it so," says he
little haughtify, his Irish blood aflame.
"And as you so choose, it of course de-
clares to me that you have made up your
mind not to share it," He looks at her
for q little while with his head we'll
drawn up and his eyes full of an indig-
nant entreaty. Miss Grey, receiving
this look point blank, knows that the
him for ever.
"You are so precipitate-so impul-
sive," she says, with haste that is suffi-
GENTLY we'll bred to ',e devoid Of the ap-
pearance of hurry that really belongs to
it. II understand the case as well as
you do," petulantly. "It is poverty with
one man, misery with the other. One
has to decide between them-and-one
does not like poverty''
"Does one prefer miSery?"
"N-o. / suppose not" Then she
pauses and locks her fingers together,
and then unlocks them. "It is misery
either way" she says.
"Not if there is love-" entreats he
softly. "And-you will have to make
up your mind now.''
"You mean that you will not wait to
receive my decision later on!" asks she,
with sudden swift glance from her
eyes.
eyes, that is what I mean," says
MaSsareene.
1t is to be now or never, then! She
realizes the situation at once, and admires
her true lover little the moro in that
she knows he will abide by his word,
and that if she now trifles with him, he
will be over the border tomorrow ere
daylight shows the land, and beyond all
recalling, be the voice of the charmer
never so sweet.
"You mean, tool she says, temper
izing Il little.
"Nothing but that. Make your choice
now, to-day, between me and him. To-
morrow there will be no choice left. II
you do not love me, that will matter not
ut all, and l shall have had all escape
from one who merely used me Us toy
| whercwith to pass the time. If you do
love me, it will matter so far that you
will break all bonds and defy all discom-
fort to link your lot with mine" His
face is very pale as he says this, but his
eyes are light with resolution and his voice
is firm. He is almost handsome as he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-06
fro BE Continued
WHY COLORs CANNOT BE PHI

WHY CoLoRs CANNOT BE PHOTO
GRAPHED.-Photography has never
reproduced natural col0rs. Scientists
explain this fact by the statement
that color has no objective existence.
1t is simply the brains interpreta-
tion of the rapidity with which the
waves of ray of light beat against
the retina. Beats more rapid pro-
duce the sensation of the mind known
as violet; beats lessrapid, that known
as red. Violet and red are nothing
but vibrations of the ether until they
reach the optic nerve and communi-
cate to that the vibrations which the
brain translates. TO photograph COL
or is therefore as impossible as to
photograph sound.
Has It is much easier going out of
our way when we are in it than get
ting into it when we are out of it.
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STOP THE BEGINNINGS.


There is Latin maxim which, render
ed into English, means "Stop the Begin
nings." It contains a volume of good
advice. A few days ago minister told
me he was preparing notes on the Proverbs
of Solomon, and had just reached the
most important verse in the book, "Train
up child in the way it should CO."
"Stop the Beginning" would be good
note for him to make to that verse.
We have in this State Reform School,
to which vicious boys and girls are sent by|
courts and magistrates. Among the in-|
mates are good many who have been
committed as "incorrigible." They are|
very young, ranging in age from seven|
to twelve years. Their parents allege that
they are unable to control them, and they|
are sent to the Refuge in the hope that
they will be reformed. The beginning of
evil was not stopped, and now the re-
straints of the law have to be brought inI
to check them.
In many homes there are notices on!
the walls, appropriate to the home life.I
"Stop the Beginnings" would be q good
one to put up in the nursery.
Many good citizen would be saved to|
the State If the tendency Of evil habits
were checked in early child dhood
A minister passing through one of the
wards of a hospital came to cot on which
a young man was dying.
'Can do anything for you ?" he asked !
With look ofagony in his face, the young
man said, "Oh, sir, can you undo?" The
beginnings of evil had been unchecked !
and wasted life was the sad result.
The maxim ut is never too late I'd
mend" is often quoted in regard to break
ing off from evil habits. Would it not
be better for those to whom Is committed
the responsible duty of training children
to adopt this maxim: ut is never tod
early to begin?" once read the story o&
good woman whose husband was an out
spoken infidel. AS her children grew up
one after another came into the Church.
A friend asked what means she had used
in their training to neutralize the infuI
ence of their inf1del father. SWELL" she
replied, II never argued with him, mo-
belittled him in the eyes of the children
But never allowed them to 20 to bed
without reading few verses of something
the Saviour had said. put his word2
over against the words of men,"
Parents frequently say about some bad
habit of child, "Oh, he will outgrow it.
Perhaps grace may come in by-and-by ID
change the heart and mould the life, bu
it is dangerous to rely upon child's outf
growing evil habits. The natural tenden
cy of such habits is to grow with thi
growth. When the child comes to year
of maturity, and is ready to assume the re
sponsible duties of life, it will be pleas
ant for the parent to be able to say,
have taught thee in the way of wisdom
have led thee in the right paths"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-06

ARMCHAIR WARRIORS.-"lt is an
astonishing fact" said an ex-Confed-
crate member of the Missouri delega-
ton to a Washington correspondent
the other day, "that the men in both
houses who were the fercest for war
in 1861 in The majority of cases never
shouldered a musket, but remained
quietly at home. Now there is Vest,
of our State. He was always a fiery,
impetuous fellow, just asyou see him
here. Before the war he was men,
ber of the Missouri Legislature. One
day he arose in his seat and, address
ING the chair, said: II see by the
morning papers that the Sixth Mas
sachusetts regiment, which was on
it's way to Washington to coerce the
South, was fired upon in the streets
of Baltimore and one of it's members
killed. also read that his body was
packed in ice and shipped back to
New England. I now wish to say,
Mr.. Speaker, if the North proposes to
put on ice and ship to their homes
the bodies of all men killed in that
unholy crusade they had better
makea contract for Greenland's icy
mountains. and be quick about it,
too"
"The funny part about it is," con-
tinued the speaker "that Vest never
served an hour in the army. He
was elected to the Confederate Con-
gress shortly after the incident 1
have narrated and remained in a
place of safety until the close ofhostil-
ities.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-06

WHAT GROWS ON WATERLOO
On the two fields of Waterloo and
Linden, splendid crops of crimson
poppies appear every year; The
ground which nourishes these is
backed with the remains of soldiers.
The preparations of opium derived
from the poppy have been used in
the form Of laudanum and paregoric.
So, pain has been stilled by the re-
mains of pain and death, and babies
put to sleep by the dead bodies OF
men who fell in the deadly on
slaught.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-06

pay To do the right thing at the
wrong time may defeat the object as
effectually as if wrong thing had
been done.
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STRONG DRINK.

SIkUNG UklNk.
The following extract from recen
issue of a scientific exchange has SOM
practical remarks on the excessive use q
alcohol and its effect on the brain, whicl
will be interesting reading to several VIII
are addicted to the flowing bowl:
Alcohol is indigestible. 1t cannot b)
built into bone or tissue. The only thin
the body can do with alcohol ia to get I'll
of it. It is largely thrown off by th|
lungs, as one can believe who has conn
within smelling distance of the drinkei
1t passes through the skin, and works If
way to every part of the body, and poi
tion of it passes to the brain, deranginl
the action of the brain, and producing
species of insanity. When the alcohd
reaches the brain, of course it is closelj
shut in, and as it cannot pass readil|
through the skull tits more likely to rd
main in the brain than in any other PAL
of the body, and here it does its mod
deadly work.
The brain, when healthy is 80 soft tha|
it would not retain its shape but for th|
skull. The sharpest knife is required y
cut it without mangling its structure.
is necessary to immerse the organ in alcd
hol for weeks or months in order to hard
en- it, when careful examination is esseli
tial. A drunkard's brain presents COZ
trast. In the dissecting room it afford
rare pleasure to a medical student to 81
cure the dissected brain of an old topej
A celebrated anatomist declared that h
could tell drunkard's brain in the darl
by the sense of touch alone. A Londo1
physician reported a. case in which |
found, upon making post mortem exam
ination, so strong an odor of alcohol emf
mating from the brain that he applied
match to it, when it burst into faEl}
The quantity of alcohol in the brain
sometimes so great that it can be collectd
by distillation after death.
1t must not be supposed that evel
drunkard's brain is as hard as pickle
one; but it may be fairly supposed ttl
the hardening effect of alcohol has no d
tie influence in the production of degen
ration of the brain, such as results in Y
rious forms of progressive paralysis. N
merous functional disorders of the bral
are also traced. directly to the habitu
use of alcoholic liquors. Locomotor alta
ia, an almost hopeless malady, involviI
the brain and spinal cord, is very Off
the result of fintemperance..
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
Spring Activity.

There has been a noticeable increase
of confidence among real estate holders
in the last few weeks. The boom which
other towns are experiencing is becoming
contagious and jamestown people are
catching the spirit and beginning to an
ticipate a revival of business activity.
There is considerable quiet inquiry as to
prices of real estate and within the last
week number of st. Paul parties have
been looking the city over and posting
themselves on its prospects and advan-
tages. 1t is definitely known that nego-
tiations are now pending between city
parties for the transfer of several impor
tant properties. Yesterday it was re-
ported that a prominent property owner
had been offered a fair price for some
available Fifth avenue lots, the purpose
of the gentlemen who we're desirous of
obtaining the site, being to erect an opera
house with stores thereon. These and
other indications which might be men,
toned are only straws which show very
clearly which way the wind is blowing.
Again it was learned yesterday on good
authority that there is quiet move on foot
which will probably result in giving
jamestown another large Touring mill.
In connection with local capitalist
several eastern gentlemen have the pro-
iect under consideration. The location
has already been selected and a meeting
will be held in the very near future, a
final decision taken and the time when
operations will be commenced settled.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
MOntpelier Votes.

John Comber has got the Washington
territory fever terrible bad.
Our carpenter e. J. Heath, is at work
at Adrian, where he has secured a good
job.
Al. Seller, regardless of the interests
Of home trade, is hauling lumber from the
metropolis.
Mrs. H. G. Webster is selling off hel
household furniture remarkably cheap
preparatory to removal to Rochester,
N. Y.
Mrs. F. M. Gardener is contemplating
shipping from Illinois,a carload Of graded
Holstein cattle, and starting into fam
cy stock raising.
Mrs. F. A. Carley gave card party to
her many friends Friday evening, March
25th, which was we'll attended, and was a
very successful entertainment.
Fish are being caught in considerable
numbers on the rapids, where they lay
summing themselves after their long con-
fnement under the ice the past winter.
Gibson & Albertson have sold their
store to Waring & Conehay Of Mime
apolis. Mr.. Gibson returned to Duluth
at once, and Mr. Albertson will follow
him in a few days. They intend to en-
gage in other business at that place.
Geo. S. Williams, one of the directors
of the county hail insurance company,
is frequently in town giving the farmers
advice in favor of his company. II all
the officers of that company are as enthu-
siastic as Mr.. Williams, the success of
the enterprise is ass ured.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31

MAJOR EDWARDS, doing it like nobody
else would, interviewed Governor Church
here and set the public right on some
things that had been reported wrong. and
some which it was uncertain about.
Part of the interview runs:
Asking him as to militia appointments,
the governor frankly said: "I've done
nothing, made no promises, and have not
considered the matter; probably shall not
until return from the east, where l
shall 90 early next week to be absent
three or four weeks"
Continued the governor, II don't in
tend to approve of the militia going to
Washington at the expense OF the terri
tory, to drill-that's settled. There
would be too many recruits about at
that time"
Argus-"What about adiutant gener-
alp
Governor-"I have not thought of SUI
perceding General Tyner, who seems to
be doing very well there. l have done
nothing in the way of changing the
staff
In regard to the appropriations the
governor said: 81 see some attacks upon
me, but you may say that in many in
stances these appropriations were for
deficiencies which were handed over by
m. predecessor, Governor Pierce. Now
here in jamestown there was some S29,.
600 of deficiency. At Grand Forks, ]
am not certain, but perhaps $4,000, and
other institutions were overdrawn. De
duct these items and the contingent ap-
preparations, only to be expended by my
approval, and they are not SO much
greater than the last ones. My idea was
to build up all the institutions now IN
operation, put them upon a sohd founda.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
Saved by a Sand Bank.


Every winter since the settlement of
the Williamsport country a colony of our
people has gone down into the timber
along the Missouri river, about eighteen
miles from here, erected substantial and
warm log cabins, and resided there COM
fortably until spring. Being in the
woods the winter storms were greatly
moderated, and, besides, the people of the
colony had plenty of fuel right at their
doors. The settlement was known as
Camp Shields, named after Mr.. n. j..
Shields, q respected resident of Williams
port township. In the spring the inhab-
itants have always, previous to this year,
returned to their permanent homes be-
fore the breakup of the river and the
consequent high water. But this spring
they were Overtaken by the flood.
Friday night the river broke up and the
people were awakened by the water pour
ing into their houses. They left quickly
for a sand bank near by, which was at
once surrounded by water. In the party
were men. women and children. They
had time to take but little with them.
They remained on the sand bank until
Monday, when Mr.. John Shermer, living
on the higher ground a mile or two away.
went to their rescue. During twenty
four hours OF the time the people were
unsheltered on the elevation, one of the
worst blizzards of the season was raging;
but, luckily, the weather was not ex-
trnmeIv cold
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
Adjusting the Brewery Loss.

The adjusters for the brewery fire have
been busily at work for the last few days.
1t is learned that the loss on stock has
been adjusted-the amount of the same
being about twenty per cent of the poll
cies. A great deal of the stock was saved
but considerably damaged. The loss to
Mr.. Bauer will be greater than anticipat-
ed owing to an unfortunate and unex-
pectcd mistake in the writing of the
policies. The adilsters and the insured
have agreed to allow the building to be
appraised and for that purpose have Sc
lected Alderman Mueller of jamestown
and '. Cooper, a large contractor of Min
ncapolis In the event of their disagree
ment a third man is to be chosen and in
any event the dicision of the arbitrators
is to be final.
Among the insurance gentlemen hav-
ing the work in hand have been Judge
Potter for the Aetna, T. r. Daniels for
the North British & Mercantile, and j..
W. Fowler, the we'll known representa-
tive OF the st. Paul Fire & Marine.
Mr.. Cooper is expected early this week
and the final decision will soon be
reached.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
Working IN the Vineyard.


Captain Hiltz of the praying band, is
being welcomed all over town by his
many old friends. On all of the telegraph
poles, side boards and dead walls the in
terrogatory: Skinner whittier are you
tending? and the warning "Prepare to
meet thy God" make the passer by start
and shiver in contemplation. In the
post office, above the portrait of Miss
Maude Granger, is the startling headline,
"Where will you spend eternity?" This
is evidently intended as a leading ques-
tion to the charming actress who appears
on the boards Thursday night, and who
no doubt will promptly disclose the To-
cality. It is much more apropos than
such frivolous remarks as "Come into the
garden Maude," which would be proper
ly ignored of course. All this is recog-
nized as among the labors OF Captain
Hiltz whose eloquence on the floor OF the
prayer meetings, whose frey invocatious
and untiring energy for the cause, are
making him a prominent and popular
official in the praying organization. AS
all evidence of his Christian spirit it is
related that he was attacked in a saloon
in Fargo by gang of thugs who got
him down in corner, pounded him
severely and squirted the juice of tobacco
into his optics. After completing these
atrocities, Mr.. Hiltz was permitted to
stand up and he talked to the gang in
such way, quoting scripture and be-
having himself so admirably under the
disgraceful treatment, that before he left
the saloon every one of the miscreants
had offered him an apology. He was re-
viled, prosecuted and spitefully used, yet
he obeyed the scriptural mandate and
set an example to bis superiors.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31

THE general appreciation with hlch
the arrangements for the late encamp-
ment have been received by the Grand
Army representatives and the ladies OF
the Relief Corps is a matter OF frequent
remark. Probably there was never a
convention or convocation of any kind
whatsoever held in the territory, from
which the attendant delegates returned
more pleased and with kindlier feelings
toward the entertainers, than in the case
of the encampment just closed. James,
town promised great deal to get the
encampment but the verdict is that she
has more than fulfilled her promises. The
result of this encampment only confirms
what glance at the map suggests
for central location and railroad accessi-
bility no place in the territory presents
more advantages for the holding of terri
torial conventions; and the widely known
hospitality Of jamestown people, together
with these advantages, will make this city
proper and excellent place and a formida-
BILE competitor in the list of available selec-
tions, for the holding Of territorial con-
ventions and convocations.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31
ANOTHER CHANGE FOR PUZZLE WORKERS
The Judges Second Prize Offering
In Behalf of the Grant Monu-
ment Fund

In spite of it's more or less complicated
character, the Judges Grand Word Con-
test, just ended has proven a great
success. By it Judge has enlisted over
5000 energetic, spirited and intelligent
workers for the Grant Fund, has materi-
ally swelled the total previously received
through the Grant Monument committee
by the contribution Of a good sized check,
and has in addition divided $500 among
eight successful and happy puzzle work.
ers as a reward for their labor and inge-
nuity. Judge now inaugurates second
contest of an even more popular charac-
ter than the first-a contest in which
every school child can engage and stand
an equal chance with older competitors.
Every person who, in conformance with
governing rules, sends to the Judge
Grant Fund, on or before June 18th, 1887
(12 o'clock noon, so cents and the names
of the eleven most popular living men in
America will be entitled to participate in
the contest. The money thus received
will be appropriated as follows:
Twenty-Five cents will be at once credl-
ted to the Grant Fund.
The remaining twenty-five cents, after
deducting the legitimate expenses of adj
vertising, will be placed in a common
fund to be divided equally among the six
competitors having the fullest list of the
most popular people as indicated by a
majority of all the lists sent in. The new
contest is, in fact, based upon the princi-
pies of an election, each competitive pa
per virtually acting in the nature of a
ballot, and the six lists containing the
greatest number of the eleven names
shown to be the most popular by ma
jority of all the lists will be the success
full prize papers.
The magnitude of the prizes will de-
pend on the amount of money received
or in other words, on the number of COM
petitors. The names and contributions
of competitors will be acknowledged (and
the progress of the fund shown) from
week to week in Judge. Governing rules
in this weeks Judge; or circulars mailed
on receipt of postage. Requests for co
pies of paper must be accompanied b.
| ten cents. Address,
| GRANT FUND"
The Judge Publishing Co.
IS Park Row, New York City
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-31

AN erroneous statement has been go
ing the rounds that the last legislature
raised the governors salary, and the i'm
preston attached that the governor had
something to do with it. AS matter of
fact the governors salary has not been
raised at all. The allowance for executive
clerk hire has always been insufficient,
and the auditor has carried this clerk
ship on his pay roll and paid the salary
from the insurance fund. A bill became
a law increasing the fec for notary's COM
mission from 50 to SIS, and the secretary
turns the So increase, by the bill, to the
auditors Office, who pays the necessary
clerk hire for the executive. That is all
there is to the increase Of the governors
salary.